Intel Brings Six-Core Processors to Ultrabooks

Coming to a laptop near you soon

Intel may have just introduced its 10nm Ice Lake processors, but the company isn’t saying goodbye to its 14nm process anytime soon as it has just announced new 10th Generation Comet Lake CPUs.

Before we all collectively groan at yet another batch of 14nm chips from Intel, Comet Lake is notably bringing hexa-core power to a U-series chip for the first time. And from what MSI has told us, these typically power-efficient chips will be able to rival an Intel 9th Generation H-series CPU in processing power.

Why would Intel introduce both 10nm and 14nm processors under the same 10th Generation banner? Well as Intel put it: Ice Lake pushes more graphical power while Comet Lake delivers superior processing power—though honestly, we’d just rather have both in the same chip.

Intel Comet Lake Laptops

For now, it seems like supply issues might be limiting the implementation of 10nm Ice Lake processors with all of the latest generation laptops coming later this year. So far, we’ve only seen Ice Lake come to a few select flagship Ultrabooks like the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1.

Conversely, there’s a much, much larger selection of laptops that will be getting 14nm Comet Lake as you can see above.

Kevin Lee is IGN's Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam